Pottsville's Terrell McFarland goes for the fall against Tri-Valley's Max Masser during the 189-pound final at the Schuylkill League Wrestling Championships on Jan. 17, 2026, at Martz Hall. At right is referee Rodger Gehring. McFarland won by fall to become a four-time league champion. (Photo by Eli Doyle)

BETHLEHEM — It’s tournament time!

The District 11 Wrestling Committee on Wednesday released the seeds for the District 11 Boys’ Wrestling Championships, to be held Friday and Saturday in Bethlehem.

The Schuylkill League garnered seven No. 1 seeds in Class AA, five more than the league had last season. They are Tri-Valley senior Owen Wolfgang at 107 pounds, Tamaqua freshman Rylan Reitz at 114, Mahanoy Area freshman Arturo Reyes at 121, Mahanoy Area junior Rory Dixon at 152, Tri-Valley junior Hunter Updegrave at 172, Mahanoy Area senior Kyler Quick at 215, and Williams Valley senior Camron Green at 285.

The league showed its firepower at 215, taking the top three seeds in a 14-wrestler field. Following Quick (40-3) are Pine Grove junior Zach Kurtz (32-6) at No. 2 and North Schuylkill senior Cadyn McGraw (30-9) at No. 3. McGraw is the defending district champion at the weight class.

Last season, Quick finished second at 189, and Wolfgang earned silver at 107.

Mahanoy Area, North Schuylkill, Panther Valley, Pine Grove, Schuylkill Haven, Tamaqua, Tri-Valley and Williams Valley will wrestle in Class AA.

Blue Mountain and Pottsville will compete in Class 3A.

The big-school bracket is chock full of state champions, PIAA placewinners and other assorted hammers.

Blue Mountain senior Owen Woll (33-4) is the No. 2 seed at 160. Southern Lehigh junior Keith Barker (16-4) took the top spot.

At 189, Pottsville senior Terrell McFarland (36-0) finds himself in a loaded bracket. Notre Dame-Green Pond senior Dominic Sumpolec (29-5) is the No. 1 seed; he placed fifth at states last season. Nazareth senior Brayden Zuercher (36-2) comes in at No. 2; Zuercher finished fourth at states last season.

The weekend will conclude with the Southeast Regional Girls’ Wrestling Championships on Sunday at Quakertown High School. Last Sunday, Panther Valley’s Brenda Banks (235) and Pine Grove’s Geanna Lemke (142) captured District 11 gold. In addition to Banks and Lemke, Panther Valley’s Alisa Williams (170) and Pine Grove’s Rileigh Purcell (190) and Audrey Graeff (235) also qualified for regionals.

Below are details on the schedules and seeds for all three tournaments. Boys’ records are for seeding purposes only and will be adjusted at the end of the tournament:

DISTRICT 11 CLASS AA BOYS

When/Where: Friday-Saturday, Freedom High School, Bethlehem, and Liberty High School, Bethlehem

Sessions: Friday (at Freedom) — Pigtails at 4 p.m., followed by preliminary round, championship quarterfinals (no earlier than 6:30 p.m.) and first-round consolations at 8 p.m. Saturday (at Freedom) — Second-round consolations at 9 a.m., championship semifinals and third-round consolations at 10:15 a.m., fourth-round consolations at 11:45 a.m., (at Liberty) consolation finals for third and fifth places at 3 p.m., Parade of Champions at 5 p.m., championship finals at 5:15 p.m. (random draw of weights for the finals)

Advancement: Top 4 placewinners in each weight class qualify for Southeast Regional Wrestling Championships, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 27-28, at Warwick High School, Lititz.

No. 1 seeds and locals in top 5

107 — 1. Owen Wolfgang, Tri-Valley, sr., 32-7; 2. Gaige Mentusky, North Schuylkill, sr., 30-7

114 — 1. Rylan Reitz, Tamaqua, fr., 32-6; 4. Easton Moore, Tri-Valley, fr., 19-11; 5. Evan Miernicki, North Schuylkill, soph., 18-13

121 — 1. Arturo Reyes, Mahanoy Area, fr., 30-4; 2. Magnus Monger, Williams Valley, jr. 23-11; 4. Stanley Padakowski, North Schuylkill, sr., 22-10; 5. Chase Nagle, Pine Grove, soph., 22-13

127 — 1. Carter Chunko, Saucon Valley, jr., 28-2; 5. Alex Deritis, North Schuylkill, jr., 17-7

133 — 1. Jarrod Blunt, Salisbury, soph., 27-8; 2. Jaxson Bruso, Tri-Valley, sr., 33-10

139 — 1. Collin Ramsay, Pen Argyl, sr., 29-4; 3. Brock Holmes, North Schuylkill, fr., 28-10; 4. Xzavion Tennis, Williams Valley, sr., 24-15; 5. Brody Schlier, Tamaqua, jr., 24-12

145 — 1. Matthew Santoro, Saucon Valley, soph., 25-5; 2. Aaron Osatchuck, Pine Grove, jr., 29-6; 4. Bode Gates, North Schuylkill, fr., 30-12

152 — 1. Rory Dixon, Mahanoy Area, jr., 41-4; 5. Kaden Tavares, North Schuylkill, jr., 24-12

160 — 1. Nolan Koehler, Northwestern Lehigh, soph., 24-7; 2. Parker Hatter, Tri-Valley, soph., 17-8; 5. Bryce Kile, North Schuylkill, soph., 26-11

172 — 1. Hunter Updegrave, Tri-Valley, jr., 27-13; 4. Isaiah Miller, Pine Grove, jr., 27-12

189 — 1. Luke Fugazzotto, Northwestern Lehigh, sr., 23-2; 2. Max Masser, Tri-Valley, sr., 30-7; 3. Stanley Boris, Mahanoy Area, soph., 31-14

215 — 1. Kyler Quick, Mahanoy Area, sr., 40-3; 2. Zach Kurtz, Pine Grove, jr., 32-6; 3. Cadyn McGraw, North Schuylkill, sr., 30-9

285 — 1. Camron Green, Williams Valley, sr., 27-8; 3. Scout Frantz, Pine Grove, jr., 31-7

DISTRICT 11 CLASS 3A BOYS

When/Where: Friday-Saturday, Liberty High School, Bethlehem

Sessions: Friday — Pigtails at 4 p.m., followed by preliminary round, championship quarterfinals (no earlier than 6:30 p.m.) and first-round consolations at 8 p.m. Saturday — Second-round consolations at 9 a.m., championship semifinals and third-round consolations at 10:15 a.m., fourth-round consolations at 11:45 a.m., consolation finals for third and fifth places at 3 p.m., Parade of Champions at 5 p.m., championship finals at 5:15 p.m. (random draw of weights for the finals)

Advancement: Top 5 placewinners in each weight class qualify for Northeast Regional Wrestling Championships, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 27-28, at Liberty High School, Bethlehem.

No. 1 seeds and locals in top 10

107 — 1. Maximus Quarry, Notre Dame-Green Pond, fr., 25-8

114 — 1. Brayden Wenrich, Northampton, soph., 24-1; 7. Cole Cook, Pottsville, soph., 29-8; 9. Caden Fenstermacher, Blue Mountain, fr., 23-9

121 — 1. Nico Emili, Bethlehem Catholic, soph., 22-6

127 — 1. Emilio Albanese, Emmaus, jr., 29-2

133 — 1. Keanu Dillard, Bethlehem Catholic, sr., 35-3

139 — 1. Trey Wagner, Northampton, sr., 26-3

145 — 1. Jack Campbell, Nazareth, sr., 24-3; 7. Bryce Bodenberg, Blue Mountain, sr., 23-9

152 — 1. Cade Campbell, Nazareth, sr., 34-2

160 — 1. Keith Barker, Southern Lehigh, jr., 16-4; 2. Owen Woll, Blue Mountain, sr., 33-4

172 — 1. Brock Frable, Southern Lehigh, jr., 33-5

189 — 1. Dominic Sumpolec, Notre Dame-Green Pond, sr., 29-5; 3. Terrell McFarland, Pottsville, sr., 36-0

215 — 1. Connor Smalley, Notre Dame-Green Pond, sr., 21-8

285 — 1. Daniel Schiffert, Bethlehem Freedom, sr., 21-1; 6. Vaughn Helverson, Blue Mountain, jr., 22-10

SOUTHEAST REGIONAL GIRLS

When/Where: Sunday, Quakertown High School

Sessions: Championship quarterfinals at noon, championship semifinals and consolation quarterfinals at 1 p.m., consolation semifinals at 2:15 p.m., fifth-place bouts at 3 p.m., first- and third-place bouts at 5 p.m.

Advancement: Top 4 placewinners in each weight class qualify for PIAA Wrestling Championships, Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7, at Giant Center, Hershey.

Local quarterfinal pairings

142 — 1/12-4 Yasmina Ergashova, William Tennent, sr., 26-15 vs. 11-1 Geanna Lemke, Pine Grove, soph., 29-3

170 — 11-2 Alisa Williams, Panther Valley, sr., 29-5 vs. 1/12-3 Elif Ozdemir, Upper Merion, fr., 24-10

190 — 1/12-3 Megan Robinson, Cheltenham, jr., 27-10 vs. 11-2 Rileigh Purcell, Pine Grove, jr., 19-8

235 — 11-1 Brenda Banks, Panther Valley, sr., 30-0 vs. 1/12-5 Leila Lopez, Upper Perkiomen, fr., 13-15; 11-3 Audrey Graeff, Pine Grove, jr., 9-6 vs. 1/12-2 Makenzie O’Donnell, Council Rock, sr., 17-10